Unconscious Bias Quiz
Please click the play button below to take part in a short quiz on Unconscious Bias.
Privilege: What is it and How Does it Relate to Diversity and Inclusion?
What do we mean when we say ‘Privilege’? In our Diversity and Inclusion work, we often talk about ‘privilege’. It is a strong word and, for most people, it feels a bit prickly to think about being privileged. In the recent #blacklivesmatter movement, this word was used to discuss ‘white privilege’ and we could see…
Crafting Your Career: Promanchester Event
Promanchester are an organisation that we are happily a member of and they are hosting a free, virtual event lead by Clare on Crafting Your Career. This webinar will take place on Tuesday 25th August from 10:00-11:00, for information on how to attend and access this webinar, click here. Clare specialises in Protean careers and…
2. Stars and Clouds
Our second coaching card in the series is focused on this Stars and Clouds exercise. You can download and print the cards here. This exercise creates the opportunity for self-coaching, visualising your successes and future development needed. The cards allow time for reflection as an individual or in a team in your work environment, creating…
Newsletter Milestone: 6 Months!
We are delighted that we have now sent out 6 months worth of newsletters for CMCBP. We began sharing these with our mailing audience in January and since then it has been growing and improving! We are so proud of these newsletters as we work hard in focusing on something different each month, with each…
Coaching Accreditation
Clare is delighted to add extra levels of accreditation to support her coaching practice. The training involved to achieve the ILM accreditation will add to her skills as a coach and provide assurance for people who are selecting a coach, to know that their coach is experienced and trustworthy. The membership associations through BPS (British…
Preparing for Returning to Work After Lockdown
We know that many people are starting to return to work after possibly being furloughed, or are returning to the office after working from home. Whilst so many people are eager to gain back some normality and be able to get out of the house and return to work, we know that many are anxious…
BA Business Psychology Mentor at Manchester Metropolitan University
Clare recently joined this programme to become a mentor for BA Business Psychology students at MMU. This is a provision aimed at supporting students in their professional personal development by enabling them to further reflect on their practice. The Business Psychology department at MMU published a piece introducing the mentoring scheme along with the mentors,…
June Newsletter
Last week we sent out our June Newsletter and this month’s was a bit different to our other newsletters. In this month’s we announced that we are beginning to share some coaching resources with our audience to allow time to reflect on your current role and your position in the workplace. We currently use these…
1. Work Values
We are beginning to share our coaching card services where we will publish exercises for you to work through individually, together with someone you know, or in your teams, which will allow you to reflect on your current role as well as your career development. The aim of these exercises is to help reflect on…
‘It is not enough to say you aren’t racist, you have to be anti-racist’
During the CIPD Festival of Work I had the privilege to list to a talk by John Amaechi. He is a psychologist and shares such great content, so I do recommend following him on social media. You can also watch the full talk via this link He has been talking a lot about the #blacklivesmatter…
We Stand
First and foremost, we want to say that We Stand. We stand against racism, we stand with Black lives, we understand that we will never understand but We Stand. Recent events including the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police brutality have sparked worldwide outrage; an ongoing battle against racism…
10 Tips For Building Generational Inclusive Workplaces
Whilst we focus on many different types of diversity in the workplace, that are all equally important, this post recognises and aims to increase generational diversity in the workplace. The majority of companies today are multi-generational and work with many employees from not only different backgrounds but different generations. This means that priority values are…
May Newsletter
We recently sent out our May Newsletter which focused on Mental Health Awareness week in May, personal growth and career transitions. If you are interested in reading it, click here. It is not too late to subscribe to receive our newsletters either, if you wish to sign up, click here. Thank you for the continued…
Career Transitions
One of the areas we focus on at CMCBP is career transitions. Last month we shared a blog on career transitions. As part of Clare’s Doctorate work, she is researching later life career transitions so do expect lots more content on this subject from us ? Some research we came across this week provided some…
The Psychology of Joy
Each month at CMCBP, we really enjoy the calendars from ‘Action for Happiness’ and have been sharing them for a long time with our family, friends and network. Each month there is a different theme and for June is it ‘Joyful June’. How does this feel for you? Are you ready to think about some…